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I'm not sure where to bring this but I have a question about phobias 2017-09-04 05:59:31 Post No. 9147694
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I'm not sure where to bring this but I have a question about phobias
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2017-09-04 05:59:31
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Google isn't providing any help or information about a history of this in anybody. But a friend of mine has recently divulged a phobia of his which is a fear of spinning spirals, such as whorl pools or top down views of hurricanes. And I wanted to know if any of you knew any articles or any historical documentations involving this fear, or even if has been legitimized with a scientific name.
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>>9147694
Is he also afraid of spider web-like networks?
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>>9147694
dude he might get seizures, and his body is forcing him to look away before it even starts
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>>9147697
I'm sorry about the later reply. I got distracted by another friend of mine coming to me with some pretty heavy life story stuff.
No he's not afraid of spider webs, or anything small and nonthreatening like a top. in his case it has to be of a large or implied threatening size
but I believe that just may be his specific case of the phobia. He evens states that while he knows its not threatening when he looks into the spirals that he's over come with a sense of dread.
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That'd be terrifying. But I don't know if he's ever had a seizure. I know he can look at them for a very brief amount of time before he starts pumping adrenaline , sweating and has to look away
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Weird OP, i cant find anything on this either. But i did find a few instances of other people having a similar fear. One particularly after reading this comic.
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>>9147694
>Fear of Spirals.
There a horror manga called Uzumaki Just about that.
>Uzumaki means Spiral in Japanese.
It's a manga where people from a town became crazy & obsessed by Spiral. Start as Alucinations but then they become disfigured & horrendous monsters with Spiral shapes.
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>>9148334
It's a natural phobia. Even people without full blown phobia usually feel uneasy looking at it. It's closely related to the fear of heights.
My assumption is that it has to do with dizziness. You know that feel of becoming dizzy when looking down from extreme heights or very deep holes? It's probably the same association your brain makes when looking at spirals.
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